I go through a lot of used CD shops in Seattle, always on the lookout for certain titles to add to my collection. Jive Time in Fremont is always a good place to check out--I'd have to say that about a third or so of my CD collection came to me through Jive Time. I'm a good customer.

Or am I? I was going through their $5.00 discount selection, when I saw a copy of Soundgarden's SOMMS. For anyone not in the know, SOMMS is a limited-release CD of Soundgarden's BADMOTORFINGER release of 1991. I'm not sure what a copy would go for now, but in its day it was a much-coveted item, demanding somewhere around $100. Well, that was 15 years ago, and prices are whatever the market can bring. I just don't think that a collector's item of a legendary Seattle band would go for as little as five dollars, in Seattle. So I can infer that the proprietor has made a mistake, though he seems to be an aficionado on all other counts. Should I bring this up to him, or take the opportunity to score a bona fide rarity at bargain-bin cost?

And while I could wax eloquent on being honorable and honest, I have to admit: I just picked up the CD for $5 and didn't say anything. I'm thinking about taking back my now-obsolete copy of BADMOTORFINGER and just giving that up, along with a few other CDs that I no longer need, as something of an inventory trade-off, but that's not going to erase the fact that I think I took advantage of a grievous oversight.